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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 428 reviews

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are satisfied with the portability, speed, compact size, and storage capacity of the Extreme Portable 500GB External USB-C NVMe SSD. Customers appreciate its small and compact design, making it highly portable and convenient to carry. They also value its fast performance and reliable storage capabilities, which meet their needs for storing and accessing large amounts of data. While some customers would prefer an additional cable instead of an adapter plug, overall, the positive feedback highlights the product's strengths in terms of portability, speed, and storage.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Better than a thumb drive

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    Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this for extended game recording on Xbox, can handle 4k, 60 fps, Hdr, and surround sound recording. Can also be used as storage for pc and mobile devices.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for use with IPad Pro

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I use this with iPad Pro 11” Gen 1, and 1st Gen 12.9” and it works fabulously for moving files for video editing. It’s super fast and so compact yet rugged. Highly recommend! I personally will be purchasing at least one more in 1Tb. The back side is a rubbery silicone feel and it does collect little fuzzies, but they wipe right off. The bottom has a usb-c port. It comes with the shortest usbC to usbC cord.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Sandisk 512 GB

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Sandisk 512 GB memory drive. Small cable included.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Can't really ask for much more.

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    So fast. So tiny. So quiet. So cool (temperature wise and in general). I was able to copy 200 GB of random folders onto this within a minute. Picture attache shows just how small this thing is...it is sitting on top of my Mac MINI in the photo.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfection at its finest!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Perfection is an understatement for this product. Don’t let the size fool you, this product is made with compactness and portability in mind. It is fast and very much reliable for everyday use. I highly recommend this product, don’t overthink.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Highly Recommended Product

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love this portable SSD drive. It is cute, small, and slim. The additional USB-A converter makes it very easy to use on different devices.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Expansion hard drive for the Dash Cam

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Stores video for our Tesla Dash Cam much longer than the built in storage.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    "Good on the way to BETTER!"

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I use the product in a music application for storing a virtual instrument catalog. It could be the cord that come with it, but i experince a "data disconnect" often. This requires me to eject the hard drive and reconnect it. I appreciate the portability of the SSD. I hope to resolve this. I purchased 2 of them. One is a 2 tarabyte and a 500 GB. It is just the 2 tarabyte drive that is an issue.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice storage !!!

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great build quality and plenty of storage for the price!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great speed

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent for pro tools music production so far my favorite

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Must have!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Sandisk super fast data transfer 500gb. Small and easy to carry. Has rubber side for protection. A must have item.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    It’s ok

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It’s alright but it’s kinda slow for working on my phone but it comes in handy sometimes when I need to get my stuff done

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Sluggish for a minute after "waking" computer

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    After about 9 months, starting applications that resided on the SSD became slow, after waking the computer. If the computer was in "sleep" mode overnight, starting emacs or Thunderbird required about a minute. During that minute, apps resident on the computer's internal SSD started within a second. After a minute or so, the Sandisk worked as fast as expected. As of today, one year after purchase, Western Digital refuses to create and RMA, with this explanation: "The following Serial number(s) cannot be added to the RMA: because it’s either an OEM product or the warranty has been voided or it may not be a valid product for RMA."

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    More Storage is Better

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    As a photographer I always need more space. Believe it or not those tiny raw images take up a crap ton of space and even more so after editing. This was one of the first purchases I made as a photographer and so glad that I did. It's also nice and small, very easily portable when traveling. Also a great storage space when you are on vacation and your camera runs out of room!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Excellent Family & Precious Moments Storage

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this drive to save my wedding photos. Super easy to use and store. I liked the size to fit in my fireproof safe. The speed of the drive made quick work of the photos. We stored over 1000 photos of 4k resolution and only used 4gb of the 500gb of storage. We soon will store our wedding video on the drive because why trust the internet to save photos and videos. Just wanted to have a solid backup easily.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Durable, small, and very fast.

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love this. Works great. Durable, small, and very fast.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Backing up woek Macbook Air

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works excellent to back up my wifes work MacBook Air. She uses Google Drive for work but wants to have an encrypted offline backup and this fit the bill. The SSD is so small and portable, perfect and backups take about 2 minutes for all her files.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility, Portability, Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    BEST SSD HARD DRIVE! Extremely fast

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Perfect. Compact. Powerful and fast. Served the purpose I need it for and pretty rugged to take a fall. Works extremely well with my 2020 MacBook Pro to offload some hard drive storage.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A SanDisk Beauty, Durable, Fast and works with M1

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    After checking on the ratings for this drive, I bought one at Best Buy. It proves to be even better than I expected. It is really fast 1050 MB/s. I wanted an external drive for my new Apple M1, that was as good as Apple's internal drive and SanDisk has come through with this little beauty. It is also extremely durable. When working it hard it does not get very hot and it is small enough to tuck behind the Apple 24' stand. It seems to work flawlessly with the new M1 chip. It is exactly what I needed to expand disk space without paying a fortune for it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Super slim. Fast transfers.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love this thing. Put on the security so no one can get into my files. Lol. Superfast transfers. I use type c for transfers so its really fast. Feels really good. The quality is great and comes with a clip for attaching to backpack or keys. Super slim and doesnt take up much space at all. Bonus with buying it on sale.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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